Cylensee for health care (Myopia and AMD treatments)
Our research and product developments are carried out in close collaboration with the Vision Institute at UMPC (Pittsburgh).
The Cylensee Persea range:
Persea contact lens encapsulates red LEDs for preventing myopia progression in children and teenagers (myopia control by red-light therapy). A first prototype has been developed and an sample would be quickly available for clinical trials (video).
A more advanced version under development will encapsulate light sources (LEDs or lasers) and an intra-ocular beam shaping projection optics, to stimulate the retina and train AMD patients how to make the best use of their peripheral vision (see below).
Persea contact lens projects a spot of light that trains the patient to better use his retina. It includes red source, an off-axis beam shaping optics projecting a light spot (few 100µm length) at a given location of the perifovea, designating the PRL.